This urban legend is a parable that reminds us how often men run from God, hide their eyes from the Bible, and block their ears from hearing the gospel—all because they assume that God is out to harass them. But from God’s vantage point, which is infinitely higher than ours, He sees the condition we are in and where we are headed. He desires to save, not destroy. He says in the Bible, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you…thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jer. 29:11).

Yet we hide. We duck. We squirm. We try to outrun God, and when that doesn’t work, we hope to lose Him in “traffic.” It is a misunderstanding of tragic proportions, especially when the Bible states clearly why God “chases” us at all: “...Our Savior God desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:3-4).

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